Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The tool is not designed to be exposed on the Internet, however, researchers spotted tens thousands Redis instance publicly accessible without authentication. The researcher Victor Zhu detailed a Redis unauthorized access vulnerability that could be exploited to compromise Redis instances exposed online. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

As of at least May 2021, an APT actor group almost certainly exploited a Fortigate appliance to access a webserver hosting the domain for a U.S. . “The FBI is continuing to warn about Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors exploiting Fortinet vulnerabilities. municipal government.” ” reads the alert issued by the FBI.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Upon infecting a system, the malware abuses its resources to mine cryptocurrency. . The attackers dropped a PHP malware sample through a backdoor linked to a WordPress plugin called Download-monitor, which was installed after the honeypot was accessed. and suspicious access log entries, etc.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

In recent months the number of cyberattacks against misconfigured Kybernetes systems has surged, threat actors mainly used the to illegally mine cryptocurrencies. Use firewalls to limit unneeded network connectivity and encryption to protect confidentiality. Use network separation to control the amount of damage a compromise can cause.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

” OWA refers to Outlook Web Access , the Web-facing portion of on-premises Exchange servers. Watson said the Krebsonsecurity file will attempt to open up an encrypted connection between the Exchange server and the above-mentioned IP address, and send a small amount of traffic to it each minute.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The p opular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. ” continues the Russian Watchdog.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried and Zixiao “Gary” Wang controlled the access. This involved using an “unsecured group email account as the root user to access confidential private keys and critically sensitive data for the FTX Group companies around the world…” About $740 million in cryptocurrency has been placed into new cold wallets.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Encryption is… a panic room for your data and means you’ve treated your data well by preparing for those smash-and-grab attacks in advance. Those wearing electronic Jason masks have recently stalked other avenues of enterprise torture such as crypto-mining. The Dagger of Choice: Encryption with Strong Access Controls.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Mylobot malware includes more than 1,000 hard-coded and encrypted domain names, any one of which can be registered and used as control networks for the infected hosts. The service is currently advertising access to more than 150,000 devices globally.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

National Mining Office for Hydrocarbons & Geo-resources. Hackers were able to obtain 97 un-encrypted passwords, emails, telephone numbers, virtual hosts. Administrator Username & Password To Access Archive: [link]. Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. 53 Databases Total: [link].

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. Given how lucrative and necessary both sectors are to daily life, they make prime targets for ransomware. costing an estimated $18.88

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Earlier this year Sysdig and Aqua Security researchers started observing cyber attacks targeting Kubernets and Docker instances aimed at mining Monero cryptocurrency. Miscreants can abuse Docker Engine API to deploy containers they have created with the specific intent of mining cryptocurrencies. Docker Trusted Registry ).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

“While data theft is traditionally the primary motivation, cyber actors seeking computational power (often for cryptocurrency mining) are also drawn to Kubernetes to harness the underlying infrastructure. Insiders with special access to an organization’s Kubernetes infrastructure may be able to abuse these privileges.”

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months. ” Some of those “points of access” were mine.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2020

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

For example, after encryption, the file “1.jpg” Nheqminer is a great implementation of equihash mining, mainly used on NiceHas but forked many times and todays is getting used for several spare projects as well. According to zcashnetwork the attacker’s wallet received from mining activity 4.89 crypted000007” extension to each.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2019

encryption, two-factor authentication and key management) to protect their data from hackers. The four key methods of an ethical hacker include: Monitoring: They’ll monitor a company to understand the data it creates and stores and where any sensitive data is — the gold mine hackers are after.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The Outlaw Botnet uses brute force and SSH exploit (exploit Shellshock Flaw and Drupalgeddon2 vulnerability ) to achieve remote access to the target systems, including server and IoT devices. The Access Logs include requests coming from different source IP addresses with a delay of about 30 seconds from each other. Technical Analysis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

million to allow towns to access encrypted data. Employees abused systems at Ukrainian nuclear power plant to mine cryptocurrency. Texas attackers demand $2.5 The Dangers of Using Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks. A new variant of Asruex Trojan exploits very old Office, Adobe flaws.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

Over two-thirds (72 percent) of respondents expressed concerns about increased vulnerabilities from shared infrastructures, followed by custodianship of encryption keys (62 percent) and security breaches in the cloud (68 percent). A basic security maxim is that those who control the keys control access to the data.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. 15, 2022, LastPass said an investigation into the August breach determined the attacker did not access any customer data or password vaults.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2018

. “Underminer delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency-mining malware named Hidden Mellifera.” ” Researchers first noticed the Underminer Exploit activity on July 17 while it was distributing the payloads mainly to Asian countries, mostly in Japan (69,75%) and Taiwan (10,52%).

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OneHub

MARCH 29, 2021

Users enter their credentials to log in and access a digital Workspace that’s custom branded and tailored to their unique needs. Confidential files such as financial documents or intellectual property are a gold mine for hackers, and they won’t hesitate to steal poorly secured files. Client portals promote brand loyalty.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. This email service was used by cybercriminals both in 2019 and especially actively in January 2020 to send false messages under the guise of reliable information about mass mining of objects in the Russian Federation,”.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Threat actors included the passwords for accessing the contents in the subject of the email, the name of the archive, or in their subsequent correspondence with the victim. The main functionality of the malware is to encrypt data on the computer and make ransom demands.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2018

However, when analyzed by new algorithmic data mining methods, big data can reveal patterns, trends, and associations that can, among other things, relate to human behavior and interactions. Industry best practices call for the use of robust encryption solutions to protect sensitive and personal data. Focus on Enhanced Security.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 16, 2024

This exposure allows for any unauthenticated user with dashboard network access to launch jobs or even arbitrary code execution on the host. Excessive access: Provides attackers with access to cloud environments via Ray root access or Kubernetes clusters because of embedded API administrator permissions.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2018

The cryptocurrency craze rages on, and one unintended consequence is the dramatic rise of illicit cryptocurrency mining. To help you unpack all of this, here are five fundamental concepts that will help you understand why you should reduce your exposure to illicit cryptocurrency mining. Cryptocurrency basics. Cryptojacking arises.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Nor am I going to wade into the debate about the ecological consequences of mining cryptocurrencies. Vranken: Well, mining means cracking a puzzle, which has a certain amount of time and that takes like 10 seconds or something. So there are companies which only mine cryptocurrencies and they make money by this. Remember WEP?

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Yeah, me either, because most of mine are probably like yours: the simplest electrical devices in the house. Speaking of trading problems, another approach is just to flash the devices with custom firmware like Tasmota: Moral of story, avoid anything requiring proprietary access. People just aren't going to do this themselves.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

“Even the data with the encrypted payload is stored inside this code section. This indicates that the attackers either had access to the source code of the victim’s projects or injected malware on the premises of the breached companies at the time of project compilation.” ” continues the analysis.

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Cyber Info Veritas

AUGUST 9, 2018

Their intent is to find technological exploits that allow them to access private and confidential data and information so that they can then use this information for personal gains—blackmailing you for money is an apt example of personal gain. Be on the lookout for “https” encryption on the sites you visit.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Most cryptosystems begin with an unencrypted message known as plaintext, which is then encrypted into an indecipherable code known as ciphertext using one or more encryption keys. Non-repudiation: The creator/sender of encrypted information cannot deny their intention to send the information. are kept secure.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Encrypted data. The Blockchain technology presumably does not raise any particular issues with respect to transparency, the right of access and the right to data portability. What are the security requirements?

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